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R. TATHAM.

GOILERFOR OARDING MACHINES, 61w.

Patented Jan. 23,1883.

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I BOILER FOR GARDI-NG'MAOHINBS, 6w. No. 271,155. Patented Jan.23, 1883.

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UNITED STATES PATENT @rrrce. Y

ROGER TATHAM, OF ROGHDALE, COUNTY OF LANCASTER, ENGLAND.

COILER FOR CARDlNG-MACHINES,&.0. I

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 271,155, dated January 23, 1883.

Application filed December 30, 1881. (No model.) Patented in England A pril 18, 1879, No. 1,53-3, and in German 3' May -23, 188i, No. 21,805.

To all whom ct may concern:

Be itknown that I, ROGER TATHAM, of Rochdale, in the county of Lancaster, England, mechanical engineer, have invented certain Immovements inGoilers for Uarding-Machines, &c., of which the, following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates more particularly to that apparatus used in conjunction with carding-machines, railway-heads, drawing-frames,

810., which is commonly called the coiler, but is also applicable to other cans or receptacles for receiving the fibrous material. The cans in coilers have been mounted on a plate which has a partial or intermittent rotation imparted to it for the purpose of changing the cans; but according to myinvention the cans are mounted upon rotary can-plates, which are carried by a frame orcarriage which is mounted in ways or tracks, and has a rectilinear movement imparted to it alternately in opposite directions to remove a full can from under the head of the coiler and bring an empty can into the same position to be filled.

My invention therefore consists in the combination, in a coiler, with tracks or ways, of a frame or carriage supported on the same rotary can-plates carried by the said frame or carriage, mechanism for movingor reciprocating said frame or carriage in opposite directions, and mechanism for rotating said canplates when they are brought under the head of the coiler.

The invention also consistsin the particular mechanism hereinafter described for reciprocating the frame or carriage.

The invention also consists in the combination, with the aforesaid frame or platform, of calender-rollers in the head of the coiler and driving mechanismtherefor; devices for engaging and disengaging their driving mechanism, adapted to be operated by the frame or carriage in its rectilinear movements, and a knife or cutter carried by the frame or carriage for cutting the sliver as the frame or carriage is moved and while the calender-rollers are stopped.

1n the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a coiler with my apparatus attached. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the parts represented in Fig. 1, both. these figures being shown broken for convenience of illustration. Fig. dis a horizontal section taken on the line A 13, Fig. 1. Fig. 4. represents a vertical section of the lower part of the machine, the reciprocating frame or carriage and its tracks or ways being omitted. Fig. 5 represents a front view of a portion of the mechanism for reciprocating the frame or carriage; and Fig. 6 represents a partly-sectional side view of the parts shown in Fig. 5, the same letters of reference hein g applied to corresponding parts throughout the whole series of figures.

At 1 is a base-plate, upon which is mounted a square pillar, 2, carrying at its top the coilerhead 3. Within the pillar 2 is the usual upright shaft, 4, which receives rotatory motion through the hovel-wheel 5, gearing into another bevel-wheel, 6, mounted upon one end of a shaft, 7, turning in a bracket, 8, carried by the pillar 2. Upon the shaft 7 is atoothed wheel, 9, gearing into any suitable wheel of the carding-engine or other machine in conjunction with which the coiler is being used. 'Upon the lower end of the upright shaft 4 is mounted, fast thereon, a pinion, 10, (shown in detached view, Fig. 4,) gearing into a wheel, 11, turning loosely upon a stud, 12, fast with the baseplate 1:

Attached to the wheel 11., and turningtherewith, is a pinion, 13, gearing into a wheel, 14, turning loosely upon the upright shaft 4..

Fast with the wheel 14, but. ti-irningloosely upon the upright shaft 4, is a pinion, 15, gearing into the wheel 16, turning upon a stud, 17, fixed in the base-plate 1. this wheel 16 the rotary motion of the canplates 18 19 is produced.

Within the base-plate l are formed grooves 20 20*. Upon these grooves a frame or carriage, 21, is mounted so as to be capable of sliding thereon, such frame or carriage being provided with ribs or strips which slidein the grooves 20 20*.

By means of Into the frame 21 are screwed studs 22 22*,

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formed within the base-plate 1.

Fast upon the upright shaft 4 is mounted a worm, 27, taking into the teeth of a wormwheel, 28, mounted fast upon a'short shaft, 29, capable ofturning within a bracket, 30, carried by the pillar.

Fast upon the shaft 29 isa bevel-pinion, 31, gearing into another bevel-pinion,32,fast upon a short upright shaft, 33, carried by an arm of the bracket 30.

Fast upon the shaft 33 is a worm, 34, gearing into the teeth of a mutilated wheel, 35, mounted so as'to turn loosely upon ashaft, 36, being retained thereon by means of a set-hoop, 37. The shaft 36 revolves within the bracket 38, by which it is supported, such bracket being secured to the pillar 2.

Upon the face of the mutilated wheel is fixed a stud, 39. (More clearly seen in the detached views, Figs. 5 and 6.)

Upon the stud 39 is mounted, so as to be capable of turning thereon, a pinion, 26, gearing into another pinion, 40, mounted upon the shaft 36.

Fast upon the upright shaft 4 is a bevelpinion, 41, gearing into another bevel-wheel,

42, fast upon the shaft 36. As the shaft 4 revolves rotary motion is communicated through the wheels 41 42, shaft 36,and pinion to the pinion 26, which will be rotated in the direction of the arrow thereon.

In the position of the parts as shown in the drawings the material is being delivered and coiled in the usual manner within the can 43 or other receptacle supported by the can-plate 18, as in Figs. 2 and 4, the empty can to be next filled being supposed to be placed upon the can-plate 19. The cans are omitted in the other figures to avoid confusion of lines. As the upright shaft 4 revolves a slow rotatory mo tion will be imparted to the mutilated wheel 35, in the directionof the arrow placed thereon in Fig. 5, by the worm 27 by means of the worm-wheel 28, bevel-pinions 31 32, shaft 33, and worm 34. Such motion will bring the pinion 26 into position for gearing with the rack 25;. but immediately before doing so one of the spaces 0 in the mutilated wheel 35 will have arrived opposite the worm 34, and the wheel 35 will therefore cease to be driven thereby. The mutilated wheel 35 being mounted loose upon the shaft 36, which is revolving in the direction of the arrow shown in the pinion'49 in Fig. 5, will cause a further rotation of the mutilated wheel 35 in the same direction, such rotation bringing the pinion 26 into gear with the rack 25, and also the set of teeth E of the mutilated wheel 35 into gear with the worm 34, which, then acting as an abutment, will thereby cause the pinion 26 to draw the rack 25 in the direction of the arrow thereon, thereby causing the frame 21, carrying the canplates 18 19, to be also traversed along the grooves formed in the base-plate 1, thereby bringing the empty can upon the can-plate 19 into the position previously occupied by the one filled. When the rack 25 has been traversed a certain distance ablank portion thereof, 25*, (see Fig. 1,) will have arrived under the pinion 26. The rack will then be no longer acted upon by the said pinion. The abovedeseribed movements will have brought the empty can or other similar receptacle on the plates 19 into position for being filled. The one filled may now be removed andan empty one substituted therefor, to be in its t-urn tilled with material. The mutilated wheel 35, having been again brought into gear with the worm 34, will continue to be slowly rotated thereby in the direction of the arrow on the wheel 35 until the pinion 26 will be brought nearly into gear with the rack 24. At the same time the blank space I) on the mutilated wheel 35 will have arrived opposite the worm 34, and the mutilated wheel 35 will be again carried forward in the direction of its arrow by the rotation of the shaft 36, thereby bringing the pinion 26 into gear with the rack 24, as previously described in reference to the rack 25, and will cause the rack 24 to be traversed in the direction of the arrow thereon until the blank portion 24* of the rack 24 arrives above the pinion 26, when the rack will be no longer acted upon thereby. This movement of the rack will have carried with it the frame 21. and the can or other receptacle upon the canplate 18 into position for being filled. At each end of the base-plate 1 are projecting parts 44 44, which serve as stops against which the frame 21 arrives after it has been traversed in one direction or the other by the pinion 26. In order to effect a severance of the sliver when the can or other receptacle is being changed, I mount an upright rod, 45, upon the frame or carriage 21. Upon the upper end of this rod and close under the coiler head I fix a cross-plate or blade, 46, extending across the path in which the sliver is delivered into the can or other receptacle. The edges of the blades or cross-plate 46, 1 form serrated to insure a severance of the sliver, as will hereinafter be described.

Upon the sliding frame 21, I form a projecting part, 47, (see Figs. 1 and 3,) provided with inclines leading to raised portions 48 49 at each end thereof. Resting upon the part 49 is the lower end of a rod, 50, ,which passes through a guide, 51, attached to the pillar 2. The upper end of the rod 50 passes through an aperture formed in the coiler-head, which acts as a guide. To the upper end of the rod 50 is attached a forked part, 52, embracing a groove formed in the boss of a bevelwheel,

. tion of the calender rollers.

53, mounted so as to be capable of sliding upon the upright shaft 4, by which it is driven through the medium of a slot and key. The

.bevel-wheel 53 gears into a bevel-pinion, 54,

fast upon the axleof one of the usual calenderrollers, 55, by which the material is delivered to the press-wheel plate 56. When the parts are in the position shown in the drawings the calender-roller 55 will receive rotatory motion from the shaft 4; but when the frame 21 is being traversed for the purpose of changing the cans or other receptacles, as previously described, the raised part 49 will be removed from beneath the rod 50,which, being no longer supported,will, by its own weight and by means of the forked part 52, attached to the rod 50, withdraw the bevelwvheel 53 out of gear with the bevel-pinion 54, thereby arresting the m0- Dnring the time the calender-rollers are stopped the serrated plate or blade 46 passes underneath the presswheel plate 56, and,coming in contact with the sliver which is held by the calender-rollers, will sever it. A continued traversing of the frame 2lwill bring the raised part 48 under the lower end of the rod 50, which will cause the bevel wheels 53 54 to pass into gear for the delivery of the sliver. When the frame 2i is again traversed in an opposite direction the rotary motion of the calender-rollers 55 will be again arrested when the depressed part between the two raised portions 48 49 is passing beneath the lower end of the rod 50, when a severance of the sliver will again take place.

Although I have hitherto referred. to the changing of the cans of a single coiler only, it will be readily understood that by extending the sliding frame 2L my invention may be applied to a series of coilers, such as would be used in a drawing-frame.

Having thus described my invention and the manner of carrying it into effect, I desire it to be understood that I claimor ways, of a frame or carriage supported thereon, rotary can-plates carried bysaid frame or carriage, mechanism for moving or reciproeating said frame or carriage alternately in opposite directions, mechanism for rotating said can-plates when they are brought under the head of the coiler, calender-rollers, between which the sliver passes, driving mechanism for said rollers, adapted to be disengaged from said rollers by the movement of said frame or carriage, and a knife for cutting off the sliver carried by said frame or carriage,

substantially as herein described.

3. The combination of the tracks or ways 20, the frame or carriage 21, the can-plates 18 19, provided with wheels 18* 19*, the racks 24 25, attached to said carriage, the shaft 4, gearing for connecting said shaft with either of the wheels 18 or 19*, the shaft 36, the mutilated wheel 35, mounted loosely on said shaft, the pinion 40 on the shaft 36, the pinion 26, carried by said wheel 35, gearing for transmitting a slow motion to the mutilated wheel 35 from the shaft 4, and gearing for transmitting a quicker motion to the shaft 36 from said shaft 4, all substantially as herein described.

ROGER TATHAM.

Witnesses ALBERT E. HALL,

9 Mount St, Manchester. W. T. UHEETHAM,

18 St. Anns St, lll'anchcster. 

